A ghostly figure watches from the side, shrouded in white. "It's King Richard," a member of the audience whispers, noticing the shaded jowls of the once-powerful, deposed king. He seems to be smiling.
Act II is a series of flashbacks to the King's family that reveal their legacy of kingly tyranny: grandfather; father and Prince Jeb. In Scene I, the grandfather counts money he made from banking and shipping with the ancient Nazis. In Scene II, King George I plots the downfalls of various rulers. He kills over 100,000 in a distant Persian Empire, fails to remove their leader, but continues to kill their children.
Scene III finds Prince Jeb caught in a Florida swamp with thousands of uncounted ballots and dead bodies, who voted anyway. In Scene IV, King George II and a Prince Bin Laden of Arabia, friends from boyhood and long-term allies, meet to plan their next steps. They laugh and are clearly comfortable with each other.
In Act III, the common people get impatient. Rotten tomatoes and eggs are thrown at anyone who even looks like an American. "The 21st century's swastika," someone yells, as a man raises an American flag. Booths to sell rotten fruit and vegetables are set up on stage and in the theatre by enterprising Americans and Ferengis.
Act II is a series of flashbacks to the King's family that reveal their legacy of kingly tyranny: grandfather; father and Prince Jeb. In Scene I, the grandfather counts money he made from banking and shipping with the ancient Nazis. In Scene II, King George I plots the downfalls of various rulers. He kills over 100,000 in a distant Persian Empire, fails to remove their leader, but continues to kill their children.
Scene III finds Prince Jeb caught in a Florida swamp with thousands of uncounted ballots and dead bodies, who voted anyway. In Scene IV, King George II and a Prince Bin Laden of Arabia, friends from boyhood and long-term allies, meet to plan their next steps. They laugh and are clearly comfortable with each other.
In Act III, the common people get impatient. Rotten tomatoes and eggs are thrown at anyone who even looks like an American. "The 21st century's swastika," someone yells, as a man raises an American flag. Booths to sell rotten fruit and vegetables are set up on stage and in the theatre by enterprising Americans and Ferengis.